Engineering Delivery Manager Solution (F/H)

About Thales

Thales is a global leader in high technology, specializing in three business sectors: Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly €4 billion annually in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our Commitments, Your Benefits

• Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
• An attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training programs, academies, and internal communities
• An inclusive, supportive environment that respects employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your Daily Life

The Gennevilliers Campus is at the heart of the design, development, and support activities for major defense systems: radiocommunications, resilient network and infrastructure systems, satellite communications, collaborative combat, and cybersecurity. Located north of Paris, it is easily accessible by public transport.

This position ensures the missions mentioned below under the functional authority of the Program Manager. It is responsible for the engineering performance plan of the project, supported in this capacity by the Head of Engineering Delivery of the Competence Center, by the management of the CC and the sector:

• Defines the solution development cycle as well as the processes, practices, and tools applicable to its product/project based on the BL/Domain repository and the specific constraints of the project (e.g., tools imposed by the Client). These elements are detailed in the corresponding development plans.
• Ensures the overall consistency of processes, practices, and tools, organizes co-engineering, and then approves the plans for solution elements or lower-level components, including those of subcontractors and partners.
• Identifies the engineering skills required for Offer/Project/Product deliveries.
• Ensures that engineering performance initiatives in its domain are correctly deployed on its Offer/Project/Product.
• Guarantees that the commitment to the project includes meeting stakeholder requirements within the constraints provided by the Architect and the Project Design Authority.
• Optimizes technical work by organizing system reviews and participating in those of lower-level solution elements from design to validation and acceptance.
• Monitors the competitiveness KPI, performs causal analysis of problems, and leads associated corrective actions (e.g., performance initiatives) at its level.
• Contributes to quality assurance activities by ensuring QAM visibility on all engineering work for the Offer/Project/Product.
• Jointly with the PDA (Project Design Authority):
  • Establishes and reviews technical risks & opportunities and associated action plans throughout the offer or project,
  • When used, establishes and maintains the decision tree and associated actions,
  • Prepares the DVa and submits it for approval by the Design Authority (DA),
  • Approves major engineering reviews and deliverables,
  • Organizes technical meetings and peer reviews as necessary to successfully complete the technical evaluation and validation of the Solution or a Solution element.

The PDA focuses on the technical solution (the "what"), while the EDM focuses on technical management (the "how"). Work is carried out in an integrated multi-departmental team and in a co-engineering approach, applying Lean methods (Key Decisions / Knowledge Gap, pull scheduling, Obeya).

Your Profile

• Good knowledge of performance management processes, Co-engineering, pull flows.
• Ability to lead the project team to address multi-disciplinary technical subjects in Cyber, Emission, and infrastructure installation.
• Experience in Agile development, Lean, and Co-engineering.
• You have a strong analytical and synthesis capacity, and are recognized for your leadership, interpersonal skills, teamwork, and ability to convince under high pressure?
• You are autonomous, rigorous, curious, dynamic, enjoy leading your teams, taking initiative, and being proactive?
• You are recognized for your team spirit?
• You are keen on continuous improvement, have a strong ability to drive change?
• You meet commitments and deadlines? You can handle short deadlines?

Career Opportunities

This role is key for us on a complex project that directly contributes to the implementation of a solution that will bring significant value to our armed forces. This role will operate in a collaborative environment as we value team spirit, innovation, and rigor, while allowing room for personal initiative. This role offers career development prospects and is a great opportunity to strengthen your skills and take a strategic position in our future projects.

Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our greatest asset. Apply and join us!

As the position may require access to information classified as national defense secret, the selected candidate will undergo a security clearance procedure, in accordance with the provisions of articles R.2311-1 et seq. of the French Defense Code and IGI 1300 SGDSN/PSE of August 9, 2021.